This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained $2.1-million in penalties against an Israeli group that it accused of running a shell factory scheme from 2010 to 2014. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.) The SEC claims that the group created s...Read More

It is taken as a fact that Medicaid helps in the fight against opioid addiction.A recent Senate committee report pointed out that prominent publications like the New York Times say:Public appreciation for the program [Medicaid] has steadily increased as people come to understand its importance in the health care system, including its central role in combating the opioid epidemic.This “fact&#...Read More

Mnuchin Gets ItUnited States Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin has a sweet gig. He writes rubber checks to pay the nation's bills. Yet, somehow, the rubber checks don't bounce. Instead, like magic, they clear. How this all works, considering the nation's technically insolvent, we don't quite understand. But Mnuchin gets it. He knows exactly how full faith and credit works - and he kno...Read More

Wolf Richter (WolfStreet.com) breaks down the volatile trading action over the past couple of weeks and analyzes the latest US economic data.Read More

Click Here to Listen to the InterviewBill Fleckenstein is the President of Fleckenstein Capital and writes a popular column 'Contrarian Chronicles' for MSN Money as well as the daily Market Rap column for his website: Fleckenstein Capital. Bill has appeared at one time or another in virtually all financial media including Bloomberg, CNBC, The New York Times, MSN, Marketwatch, Barron's and more. Bi...Read More

"The huge volatility of the price of cryptocurrencies - with respect to either traditional currencies or to a basket of goods and services - has made use of cryptocurrencies Continue...Read More

There are indications Crude Oil prices are going lower.There are also indications that it’s going higher. Which narrative do youbelieve? OilBears point to what they believe is over-supply caused by soaring USproduction, mostly from shale fields. With production increasing over +20% inless than two years, and drill rigs on the rise, the US now produces about asmuch Oil as the industry leaders...Read More

Gold spiked in January, and looked to be headed even higher. But there were some problems. First, futures speculators - as tracked by the Continue...Read More

The stock market pullback of the last couple of weeks has shown that markets are jittery, and will likely be volatile for a while as investors keep a vigil on rising bond yields (inflation) and potential interest rate hikes. In these uncertain times, one sector that appears to be holding its own, and then some, is commodities. Let's examine why this is the case, and why commodities are going to be...Read More

Over the past month, we have heard a growing roar of dissent and fear as people within the United States and around the financial world worried about a rapidly approaching deadline.A deadline, that if reached, would spell disaster for all!This deadline-self-imposed by Congress-is an artificial ceiling put in place to reign in the controls of big government and keep it in check! If it is reached, l...Read More

Despite a tough week for stocks into Friday, February 9, three big picture macro indicators have continued to support a risk 'on' backdrop. Many of the shorter-term indicators we watch, like Junk bond ratios and the Palladium/Gold ratio say the same thing. Junk/Treasury and Junk/Investment Grade are threatening new highs and as we have noted in NFTRH updates all through the recent market volatilit...Read More

Our proprietary cycle indicator is down.To public readers of our updates, our cycle indicator is one of the most effective timing tool for traders and investors. It is not perfect, because periodically the market can be more volatile and can result in short term whipsaws. But overall, the cycle indicator provides us with a clear direction how we should be speculating.InvestorsDuring a major buy si...Read More

A whopping two-thirds of MINING.com readers say battery-technology metals will perform better than precious or base metals in 2018.The survey, which ran last month ahead of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference 2018, asked our readers how the materials needed to make batteries for the coming electrical vehicle revolution will fare over the coming years. Key findings were the following:Two-t...Read More

https://www.reuters.com/VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) – China's Shandong Gold Mining Co Ltd and Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd are in separate talks with Acacia Mining Plc to form a joint venture for the London-listed company's gold mines in Tanzania, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.Acacia's majority shareholder, Barrick Gold Corp, is involved in the discussions, the people said....Read More

"You can't grow your debt at six times the rate of your economy. In other words, if you are creating $6, $8 or $10 of debt to eke out $1 of low productivity growth, you are dooming your currency, and all currencies are doing the same thing. All the currencies are going to take a big drop at some point relative to real stuff."Charles Hugh Smith writes the Of Two Minds blog which covers an eclectic...Read More

"We need to look more closely into this, but if these measures are enacted, it would be difficult for the industry to avoid any impact," Continue...Read More

"You might want to remember this the next time someone declares that no manipulation exists in silver or even better, that..."by Ted Butler via SilverSeekIn the never-ending search to either verify or rebut one's own findings, I'd like you to consider something different today. I'm going to ask you to set aside my highly specific allegations of wrong-doing in the silver and gold markets, mostly ce...Read More

It is taken as a fact that Medicaid helps in the fight against opioid addiction.A recent Senate committee report pointed out that prominent publications like the New York Times say:Public appreciation for the program [Medicaid] has steadily increased as people come to understand its importance in the health care system, including its central role in combating the opioid epidemic.This “fact&#...Read More

Making the right call on, say, the process flowsheet, or the development finance package can make investors serious money. The wrong decision normally has the opposite effect.This is why the most successful investors - those that understand the decade-long mining process - take a good hard look at the executives and directors before jumping onto the share registries of exploration and development...Read More

Gold is up $42 on the week, and as the U.S. inches closer to the debt cliff, it's beginning to feel like 2009 all over again. "Man, it smells like a bull market here. There are lots of reasons you could imagine people would want to come into this market, and we've talked about it before. It's what I call the bear market in cryptocurrencies, the bear market in bonds, which is becoming exceedingly o...Read More